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The life, adventures and vicissitudes, of Mary Charlton, the Welsh orphan, written by herself and dedicated to her own sex, whom she hopes will honor her little narrative, with a candid perusal

Fake biographies, Welsh women writers and the Minerva Press

How women novelists and the Minvera Press reflect the popular tastes of the day.

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Dot representation of place names

Named Entity Recognition for Placenames in Welsh Language Texts

How might technology help us improve our services for better research, discovery and interpretation?

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Aurora Borealis, 1774

Discover a vivid picture of the beauty of the Northern Lights towards the end of the 18th century.

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Kate Roberts

Famous Welsh people

Bringing the Dictionary of Welsh Biography to a new and younger audience.

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David Jones

David Jones’s ‘In Parenthesis’

Two items relating to David Jones' 'In Parenthesis', an epic poem recounting his wartime experiences, arrive at the Library.

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User in the Clip Centre

A 100 years on and still entertaining and informing

A brief look at the history of BBC Wales and its affect on Welsh broadcasting.

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The Caracas Controversy

Sir Guildhaume Myrddin-Evans' role in the petroleum conference in Caracas, Venezuela.

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Archives – New Catalogues

Browse through some of our recently catalogued archives. What will you discover?

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A brief history of Dragon Data

A Welsh company's part in computer hardware development in the 1980s.

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